Word: developable
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...unrest, militarism and economic decline. As elsewhere, though, Ghanaians have struggled back, rebuilding their country, renewing their democracy and securing fresh reason to hope. That rise and fall and rise again has given many Ghanaians - and many Africans - a more realistic understanding of what it will take to develop their continent's fragile fortunes than they had in the first flush of freedom. And it has left them with a deep appreciation of basic principles that others take for granted: stability, democracy, jobs. This is the story of one family - three generations of Ghanaians - who have experienced the struggles...
While most of his competitors have shunned the bureaucratic NASA, he bid for and won a $278 million NASA contract to develop a delivery service to the ISS. For Musk, 35, space travel is a childhood dream, not just for exploration but as a logical next stage in man's evolution from the primordial goop. "To our knowledge, life exists on only one planet, Earth. If something bad happens, it's gone," he says. "I think we should establish life on another planet--Mars in particular--but we're not making very good progress. SpaceX is intended to make that...
...Mexico sees itself as a Silicon Valley of space, a place where an industry cluster could develop, absorbing investment and throwing off jobs as it does. When state economic-development secretary Rick Homans, chairman of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, saw the list of global companies participating in the X Prize in 2004, he says it suddenly dawned on him that the new space industry might look just like the early computer industry--a bunch of crazy guys. "They start with chaotic, crazy inventors and entrepreneurs--colorful characters, some of whom are living hand to mouth, on the verge...
...It’s really fun to joke about it now, but it can really suck when you’re doing it,” said Barrett, who will rely on his friends from training to help him through his service. “You develop a common bond, common experiences, so you know that the person next to you isn’t going to let you down, you’re going to accomplish the mission, and you’re not going to leave anyone behind...
...certainly lends itself toward psychotropic enhancement. “All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone” is replete with the musical ups and downs that characterize much of the band’s previous work. The songs are long, and seem to develop sporadically and as if without direction. The third track on the six-song album, entitled “It’s Natural to be Afraid,” is a particularly good example of this. Beginning with eerie resonant background noises, the song gradually builds throughout its 13 minutes into a sound that?...